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Kurdistan Human Rights Association - 2017-08-01 01:16According to a report from the Kurdistan Human Rights Association, Aisha Ajar Yasharan, a representative of the city of Elieh in the People’s Democratic People’s Party, was arrested by the Turkish police, two days ago, another member of parliament Saadat ... 102

KurdPress - 2017-07-18 08:20The Turkish parliament extended the ongoing state of emergency on July 17 by three more months starting from July 19, its fourth such extension after a coup attempt last July. ... 18

Kurdistan Human Rights Association - 2017-07-18 00:23The Kurdistan Human Rights Association reports that Turkish MPs were arrested another member of parliament after the arrests of HDP parliamentarians and the crackdown on Kurdish citizens in northern Kurdistan. In a report published in the report, Dilan Dr ... 17

ANHA - 2017-07-12 10:36NEWS DESK- The ruling Justice and Development party and National Movement Party in Turkey proposed to the Turkish parliament to fine anyone uttering the words “Kurdistan, Armenian Genocide or the Kurdish cities” According the proposal, some Turkish media ... 57

BAS News - 2017-07-09 23:27 ERBIL — Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), a small faction with no parliamentary representation, called on the Kurdish people to claim the words “Kurd, Kurdish, and Kurdistan” against the wave of anti-Kurdish actions, stirred by the Turkish government. In a ... 47

BAS News - 2017-07-07 23:20 ISTANBUL — The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right allies in the Turkish Parliament agreed to pass a resolution submitted on Friday that would ban the word 'Kurdistan' to be used by lawmakers in Parliament. According to the resolution p ... 55

BAS News - 2017-07-07 11:41 ERBIL— A new project for the internal regulation of Turkish Parliament is begin prepared by the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) and MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) which may cost a Kurdish MP her membership in the parliament. Reports indicate ... 50

Kurdistan24 - 2017-06-26 09:11Osman Baydemir is a Kurdish member of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish Parliament. He is also a lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey. Previously, he was the mayor of Diyarbakir. As a human rights activist and as a politician, Osman Bay ... 24

KurdPress - 2017-06-15 13:39Turkey's parliament on Wednesday, June 14, stripped a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP), Tugba Hezer, of her status as a member of parliament on the charge of being absent. ... 70

BAS News - 2017-06-09 17:58 ERBIL — The independence of the Kurdistan Region from Iraq will not constitute a threat to Turkey therefore Turkey has no objection to the move, said a Justice and Development (AK Party) member of the Turkish parliament. Galip Ensarioğlu, AK Party’s MP f ... 49

Waar Media - 2017-06-08 11:16 WAAR-DUHOK: Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday approved a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, an apparent move to support the Gulf Arab country when it faces diplomatic and trade isolation from some of the big ... 55

BAS News - 2017-05-25 12:10 ISTANBUL — Discussions are being held regarding stripping two pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MPs of their positions in the Turkish parliament. The Speaker's Council of the parliament was called into session on Wednesday, with the ruling Just ... 69

Reuters - 2017-05-09 18:12ANKARA (Reuters) - A pro-Kurdish lawmaker was stripped of her status as a member of Turkey's parliament on Tuesday because she faces charges including membership of a terrorist organization. ... 71

E-Kurd - 2017-03-23 05:55 ISTANBUL,— The Turkish government has jailed 13 members of the pro-Kurdish democratic opposition in parliament on terrorism charges and taken direct control of 82 municipalities in the Kurdish southeast region, suspending and incarcerating elected mayors ... 1

KurdPress - 2017-03-12 08:32A member of Iran’s parliament called on citizens to avoid traveling to Turkey in protest at insulting treatment of Iranian nationals by a Turkish officer at Bazargan-Gurbulak border crossing. ...

E-Kurd - 2017-03-04 10:55 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Leyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish rights activist and member of Turkish parliament from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is facing several charges over links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK, under ... 3

Waar Media - 2017-02-25 12:03 WAAR-DUHOK: Turkey could head to yet another referendum to decide on whether to restore capital punishment if parliament disapproves of the change, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 24. “I said I would approve [restoring] the death pena ... 2

Frederike Geerdink - 2017-01-31 19:28Published on the World Post/Huffington Post, on 2 May 2016. Finally, after over a decade in power, the true face of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is surfacing. The speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Ismail Kahraman, said that t ... 1

E-Kurd - 2017-01-17 05:22ISTANBUL,— A pro-Kurdish lawmaker has been temporarily suspended from the Turkish parliament for saying the word “genocide” during heated discussions on changes to the constitution, state media has said. Member of parliament for the Peoples’ Democratic Pa ... 2

Aranews - 2017-01-17 03:06ARA News Ankara – Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament, was suspended by the authorities for mentioning “genocide against minorities” in a speech during talks on Constitutional amendments. Paylan is an MP for the pro-Kurdish People’s ... 1

ANF/English - 2017-01-14 16:45HDP group has decided to retreat from today's session of discussion on constitutional amendments in the Turkish parliament in response to HDP MP Garo Paylan's removal from three sessions of the discussion for speaking of the Armenian genocide. ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-14 11:23BAGHDAD,— Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq will remain in the country as long as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) remain in Sinjar as a “threat” to Ankara, a Kurdish member of the Iraqi Parliament, Shakhawan Abdullah, said. Abdullah who is also ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-14 11:23ANKARA,— Turkey’s parliament approved key articles of a constitutional reform overnight which would allow the president to be a member of a political party and issue decrees, bringing a step closer the executive presidency sought by Tayyip Erdogan. The ru ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-11 17:22ANKARA,— The Turkish parliament voted on Tuesday to press on with debate about a constitutional reform package that would expand the powers of President Tayyip Erdogan, taking another step on the path towards an executive presidency. Erdogan and his suppo ...

E-Kurd - 2017-01-11 17:22ANKARA,— Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party to boycott a parliamentary vote on a controversial new draft constitution aimed at giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater powers, in protest over the arrest of its MPs. The Turkish parliament voted on Tuesday to ... 2

Reuters - 2017-01-09 12:50ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people outside parliament on Monday protesting against planned changes to the constitution that would expand the powers of President Tayyip Erdogan. ...

E-Kurd - 2016-12-24 12:50ANKARA,— Turkish police on Friday briefly detained a deputy speaker of parliament, forcibly taking her to a court to testify in an on-going case where she is accused of making propaganda in support of outlawed Kurdish rebels. Pervin Buldan, a senior legis ... 1

Waar Media - 2016-11-24 17:41Waar, Duhok: Members of the European Parliament (MEP)s have voted against Turkey’s EU membership because of the Turkish government’s crackdown since the July coup attempt. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed as “worthless” EU’s non-binding vo ... 4

KurdPress - 2016-11-23 14:36 A member of Iraqi parliament’s Defense and Security Commission stressed on the possibility of Baghdad’s military response to the presence of Turkish forces in Iraq, al-Tejah Press reported. ... 2

Aranews - 2016-11-22 02:14ِARA News Brussels – European Parliament member Julie Ward on Monday was denied right to visiting to the imprisoned member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and member of the Turkish Parliament Leyla Birlik. “Leyla Birlik is one of 10 HDP ... 7

KurdPress - 2016-11-19 09:38 A member of Iraqi parliament’s Defense and Security Commission stressed on the possibility of Baghdad’s military response to the presence of Turkish forces in Iraq, al-Tejah Press reported. ... 4

Waar Media - 2016-11-06 22:10Waar, Duhok: The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) announced a partial boycott of Turkish parliament on Sunday, saying it was “halting its legislative efforts” after its two co-leaders and other lawmakers were detained on Friday. “After discussions with our ...

E-Kurd - 2016-11-06 20:17ISTANBUL,— Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday said it was pulling out of parliament after nine of its MPs including the two co-leaders were arrested in an unprecedented crackdown. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third-largest party in this ...

KurdPress - 2016-11-06 05:04 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated in the capital city of Ankara on Oct. 29 his decision to approve the installment of capital punishment if the parliament approves a related code, Hurriyet daily reported. ...

KurdPress - 2016-10-30 08:42 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated in the capital city of Ankara on Oct. 29 his decision to approve the installment of capital punishment if the parliament approves a related code, Hurriyet daily reported. ...

ANF/English - 2016-10-27 16:54"Release journalists being held without compelling evidence of criminal activity", members of the European Parliament urged the Turkish authorities in a resolution voted on Thursday. ... 4

ANF/English - 2016-10-05 13:44US Lieutenant Colonel Dorrian objected to Turkish soldiers’ presence in Iraq and described it as illegal. The Iraqi Parliament had recently described Turkey as occupant. ...

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